Sheet-metal container



Oct. 25, 1927.

c. HURLEY SHEBTMETAL CONTAINER Filed Jan.l9, 1926 Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

C ARLES ester, OF' J RSEY orbit, NE I W EnsnY; AssIGrioIt ojp m' mmin ionic? i coMPArTY, nc or NEWL Q K, Y., aoonroenrron or I l Sumatran conzrainiing 1 The invention relates to new and useful improvements in-sheet metal containers and more particularly to a container of the type shown in the Patent No. 1,568,359, granted J anuary'5, 1926, to Frederick M. Assmaimm An object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal container ofthe above typehaving a flat bail, with; means for attaching the v bail to the container: body, so that'the bail when turned down intoa plane parallel with i the top ofthecontainer, m-ay be moved to a nested position fconc-entric with the center of the container, and when so nested; the bail lies substantially within the circumference j of the outer edge of'the double seam joining :the end of the container-to the body portionthereof.

In the drawings W Figure 1 is a sideview o f a container embodying the invention, with the bail shown in nested position in full lines, in raised position in broken lines. and in turned down position in dotted lines, prior to the nesting of the bail; I

Fig. 2 is a side view of the container'with the bail raised and one end of thebail broken away to show the connectionthereof to the container body, and i Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33' of Fig. 2.

The improved container consists of a cylindrical body portion 1 preferably made of tin. This cylindrical body portion may be made. in any suitable way. The upper end of the container bodyis preferably provided with an end which issecured thereto by a double seam. Thisdouble seam makes a projecting bead. A short'distance below the projecting bead of the double seam s a beaded rib formed in the body; portlom The bail is a flat bail and is secured at each 'end to a pivot member carried by the body portion of the pail. The bail has an elon- When the bail is turned downto horizontal position, that is into a plane substantially parallel with the upper end of the container '7 Vbody, it can be, moved horizontally to anested position, and when so moved, the bail will conform to and fit close'to the containerbody and lie between the double seam'bead and "the rib below the same. -vVhen so' I nested, the pail. may be'readily rolled for applying a label thereto, and a series of pails can be packed in aerate very close together,

gated slot which receives the pivot member..

as the bail does xiotin-anv way'interfere'- with the nesting of the. containers closetogether. WVhen itis desired to use the bail right position'un i I l c I Referring more in detail to the drawings,

for carrying the containeigit is turned to npra.

the improved containerconsists ofa body portion 1 having the upper end secured thereto by a double :seam 2 which forms a projectingbead. At a slight distance below the projecting bead 2 of the double'seam'; is a "hollow bead'iS fOrminQ agrib'in the body I portion. -ITl1eE -bail' -4-is' a flat" bail. '-l-he edges 5', 5" of the bail are rolled so 'as'fto strengthen the bail and prevent the edge's of any 7 car'- the bail fromcutting the handof-one carry ing the. container. The container isparticularly deslgned fornsto'rmg heavy liquids, 1

such as'paint o1tlie lika The bail is proe vided with an elongated slot 6 at each end thereof. This elongated slot-6 is adapted to engage a pivot member 7 Attached to the body portion of the container are ears 8. These ears are "located at diametrically opposed points on thecontainer body, andarejsecured thereto bv suitable rivets 9; 9. {Prior to the attachingof'the ear to the container body, a rivet is attached to the ear and the 4 bail which forms the pivot member 7 This 1' rivet is headed at each end thereof'so as to hold. it in engagement with the ear and bail, but the heads of the rivets are not drawn :down .so tightly as toprevent thebailfrom turningrelative to'the ear, or'sliding rela tive tothe ear. 'The pivot member 7 is 99 located inthe elongated-slot 6fof the bailand the bail may be mofved so as to shift the-pivot member from oneend of the slot to the other. VVhenJthe bail is in upright position as" shown by the broken lines at 4: in Fig; 1, it.

may bereadily used for carrying the con tainer. In thisposition, the pivot members areat'the lower ends of the slots 6. When the bail is'turned to-the broken line position indicated at 45'" in said figure, the pivot I members are still at'the outerends of v the i slots 6Q The bail is now in horizontal posi f 1 tion orin a planesubstantially parallel with the upper end'of the container body. When in thisposition, the'bail may be *moved' so as I to be nested between the head 2 of thedoubl'e seam and the rib 8 in the container body.

This is 'accomplishejd by;the slots inthe bail sliding along the'pivotm'embersf The bail isofjsuchsize and shape asto substan-i' t q" tially conform to the outer surface of the container body when nested as indicated in Fig. 1. The bead 2 of the double seam at the upper end of the container body is of substantially thelsarne diameter as the bail, and the bail, when nested, is positioned so as V to be concentric with the center of the containers to be placed side by side in a crate for shipment, or for storing. When it is desiredto use the bail for carrying the con ta-iner body, it is moved outwardly to the dotted line position in Fig. 1, and then is turned'to the upright position shown in broken lines in this figure, and in full lines in Fig; 2.. I

It is obvious that minor changes in the de tails of construction and arrangement of the parts maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the I appended claim. Ituis also obvious that from certain aspects of the invention, the shape of the container body may be other than cylindrical, but whatever the shape of the container body may be,,the bail will be similarly shaped so that it may be nested relative to the body portion of the container whenslid endwise on its pivot members.

' Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is-

A. sheet metal container including a cylindrical body portion having a projecting bead formed therein at the upper edge thereof, a flat semi-circualr sheet metal bail conforming in curvature to the wall of the cylindrical body, said bail having the edges thereof inturned and the ends thereof provided with elongated slots, and pivot members secured to said body portion at diametrically opposite points, said pivot members extending through the respective elongated" slots and having heads overlapping the side Walls of the slots, whereby said bail When turned to horizontal position can be moved so as to'nest the bail beneath the bead at the upper end of the container body.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature. 7

CHARLES HURLEY. 

